I guess I don’t see the point of taking BC for now and then stopping once your married? Have you looked into alternative means of helping your issues? Whether it be diet or other medication? Sorry if this is a dumb question, I just don’t know much about IBC or diabetes.
**Probably because she will want to have children once she is married. Also, though there are pros and cons to taking The Pill, you don’t want to stay on it for extended periods of time. Sometimes you only need to stay on it for a few years and then you can get off them. Though I also know women who can’t ever get off them. I was offered them for fibroids and ovarian cysts and opted not to have them at the time. Though if my situation got worse, I would not hesitate. Thank God, it didn’t get worse. However, if it did get worse, I personally wouldn’t want to be on them for more than two years at a time, then I’d try to get off them for a while to see if my system regulated itself or if I had to get on them again. But again, thankfully, I don’t have to mess with any of that. Thankfully, we have the choice of determining for ourselves with our doctor’s help if we need them or not. They’re there if we need them. **
There were comments about BC regulating your periods. I don’t see that as exactly true. Because while on BC you don’t have a true period. You don’t go through cycles so your body isn’t naturally giving you a period. So it more like stops your natural period. That’s why you can’t use NFP while on BC, you aren’t actually going through any cycle.
**It helps women who have uncontrolled bleeding and uncontrolled menstrual pain. You don’t go through “cycles” however, you don’t have two-week long bleed times, or pain that can’t be relieved with other medication. Sometimes the problems can be quite debilitating and once is starts interfering with your ability to function, you need something more than folk remedies and homeopathic remedies. They don’t always work. The Pill also treats things such as persistent ovarian cysts and endometriosis. You also have to remember that there are off label uses for many medications and new indications all the time, and the OP didn’t get into the specifics as to why she was considering taking them. It may be a bit personal, and really, one doesn’t need specifics to answer general questions. **
I myself would be worried about any chance of aborting a baby while on the Pill. Because the Church does define life as starting at conception. While the Pill may allow for an egg to get fertilized, it then wouldn’t allow it to implant.
**I can see where you would be concerned about that. But the Church still allows women to take the pill (married or not, celibate or not) to treat medical conditions. The primary reason for taking the The Pill when treating a medical condition is not contraception, therefore it is allowed. This is a case of the benefits outweighing the risks.
I know that it bothers many conservative catholics to even hear that people are considering taking the Pill (just like it probably bothers people who go for natural remedies), but the fact is, the Church allows it for medical reasons and doesn’t penalize women for taking it when they need it. And IMOHO it’s very important not to paint an untrue image of a hardnosed uncaring Church that would tell a woman she can’t be treated for medical conditions, when in fact, the Church says she can - even at the risk of interfering with procreating. I’m not saying YOU do, but many conservatives do, and it just adds to the confusion. The OP is not a child. She’s done her medical research and is in consult with her physician, she just needed to know the Church’s stance in order to make more decisions. Implying that she should “just deal with it” (and I know YOU didn’t say this, but I see it all the time), is inappropriate and uncaring, and takes the teachings beyond the intention of the Church, and only succeeds in pushing people away from the Church. **
